COLLEGE TO PROS

Player

School(s)

College Highlights

Prakash Amritraj

Southern California

Most Outstanding Player of 2002 NCAA Tournament, helped USC to program's 16th NCAA team title

Prakash is the nephew of Vijay Amritraj [who had a part in a James Bond film- Octopussy]

Simon Aspelin

Pepperdine

A three-time ITA All-American from 1995-97, was named West Coast Conference Player of the Year in '97

Benjamin Becker

Baylor

2004 NCAA singles champion, helped Bears to NCAA team title that same year

Mahesh Bhupathi

Mississippi

NCAA doubles champion for Ole Miss in 1995

James Blake

Harvard

1999 NCAA singles finalist and ITA National Player of the Year

Bob Bryan

Stanford

1998 NCAA "triple crown" winner - swept team, singles and doubles titles

Mike Bryan

Stanford

1998 NCAA doubles champion; part of Stanford's unbeaten '98 team considered one of the best of modern era

Eric Butorac

Gustavus Adolphus

2003 NCAA Division III singles and doubles champion; perhaps the most successful Division III player ever on ATP Tour

Amer Delic

Illinois

2003 NCAA singles champion, led UI to national title that

season

Benedikt Dorsch

Baylor

2005 NCAA singles champion, helped Baylor to '04 NCAA team crown

Zack Fleishman

UCLA

Played two seasons for Bruins and helped UCLA to 1999 NCAA final

Caitlin Gard

Mississippi

Topped Stanford's Sam Warburg in 2004 final at ITA All-American Championships

Paul Goldstein

Stanford

Only player to play on 4 NCAA championship teams; '98 NCAA singles finalist

John Isner

Georgia

2005 NCAA doubles champion, ranked No. 1 in singles during much of senior season when he led UGA to NCAA title

Robert Kendrick

Washington & Pepperdine

Two-time ITA All-American for Huskies and Waves; lost to James Blake in '99 ITA National Indoor final

Kevin Kim

UCLA

1997 ITA National Indoor doubles champion

Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor's former doubles partner

UCLA

Earned ITA All-America honors for Bruins in 1990-91

Jesse Levine

Florida

2007 ITA National Rookie of the Year; went unbeaten during regular season

Robert Lindstedt

Fresno State & Pepperdine

Lost to Bryan bros in 1998 NCAA doubles final (with Kelly Gullett)

Peter Luczak

Fresno State

2001 Farnsworth/ITA National Senior Player of the Year; went unbeaten during regular season in '01

Marcin Matkowski

UCLA

Captured doubles title at ITA All-American Championships in 2002, Pac-10 Player of the Year in '03

Wesley Moodie

Auburn-Montgomery & Boise State

An ITA All-American in NAIA and NCAA tennis, reached doubles final at '99 ITA All-American Championships

Frederic Niemeyer

Middle Tennessee

Reached singles final at 1997 ITA National Indoor Championships, falling to Miami's Mike Russell

Rajeev Ram

Illinois

2003 NCAA doubles champion, helped Illinois to '03 NCAA title

Bobby Reynolds

Vanderbilt

Named Most Outstanding Player of 2003 NCAA Tournament when he led Vandy to NCAA final

Michael Russell

Miami (Fla.)

1997 ITA National Indoor singles champion and ITA National Rookie of the Year

Ryan Sweeting

Florida

Helped Florida achieve No. 1 team ranking early in 2006 season

Jim Thomas

Stanford

ITA All-American in 1996, helped Cardinal to '95 and '96 NCAA team crowns

Izak Van der Merwe

Old Dominion

Two-time ITA All-American; reach doubles finals in 2002-03 at ITA National Indoor Championships

Sam Warburg

Stanford

2004 NCAA doubles champion and '03 ITA National Player to Watch

Alexander Waske

San Diego State

Earned ITA All-America honors for Aztecs and helped SDSU to NCAA Sweet 16 in 2000

Todd Widom

Miami (Fla.)

Earned ITA All-America honors in both of his seasons at Miami in 2002-03

Brian Wilson

Illinois

2003 NCAA doubles champion during Illinois' perfect season

Jesse Witten

Kentucky

2002 NCAA singles finalist as a freshman and 4-time ITA All-American

My daughter, Leigh, played for Kentucky with Jesse's sister.